WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Senate bill is making its way through the legislature that could change Florida's state bird after almost a century. Senate Bill 880, proposed by State Sen. Ileana ...

Some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift cards to people in the community to get swabbed for a potential bird flu infection or to get a shot of the regular seasonal influenza vaccine.

Florida lawmakers are considering replacing the mockingbird as the state bird with the flamingo and scrub-jay. This is the eighth attempt in 25 years to replace the mockingbird. The bills have ...

He died at the young age of five. His story highlights the cognitive abilities of budgies. These birds mimic human speech using their syrinx and brain structures. According to American Cage-Bird ...

A British Airways flight headed from Washington, D.C., to London Saturday diverted to Boston after a report of a bird strike and smoke in the cabin, officials said. British Airways Flight 216 ...

The team combined bird data from eBird with publicly available data on land cover across the eastern and central United States to predict the number of wild bee species, initially using bee data ...

Shakespeare often wrote about starlings, and the group wanted to introduce the birds to America. They released them in New York’s Central Park, and now there are over 200 million starlings ...

Unknown date; Miami, FL, USA; FILE PHOTO; Indiana Pacers head coach Larry Bird talks to Reggie Miller (left) against the Miami Heat at the Miami Arena. Mandatory Credit: Imagn Images / RVR Photos ...

While the animal still appeared peaceful in the clip, it had no problem making a meal out of a bird. It may shock many animal enthusiasts to witness a buck eating meat, but it does show just how ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Birds possess ancient lung proteins, CL-10 and CL-11, which compensate for the absence of surfactant protein D (SP-D) found in mammals. These proteins play a key ...

This photo, titled "Ruby-throated Hummingbird: Pollinator Pollinating," won the Missouri River Bird Observatory photo contest. This species sometimes falls victim to windows in Kansas City.